2007.03.29: March 29, 2007: Headlines: COS - Morocco: Libraries: Boothbay Register : Morocco RPCV Rebecca Short to be new Program Director at Memorial Library
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2007.03.29: March 29, 2007: Headlines: COS - Morocco: Libraries: Boothbay Register : Morocco RPCV Rebecca Short to be new Program Director at Memorial Library
Morocco RPCV Rebecca Short to be new Program Director at Memorial Library
In 2004 she enlisted in the United States Peace Corps and was sent to Morocco. Reba was sent to a small village in the south of the country where she taught English as a second language, learned to speak Moroccan Arabic, fit in beautifully with the villagers, and effectively used her theater knowledge and experience for the purpose of youth and community development. Reba believes that her Peace Corps work provided invaluable training and that her knowledge and experience in community development, together with her theater training, will be very helpful as she carries out her new responsibilities as Program Director for the BHML.
Morocco RPCV Rebecca Short to be new Program Director at Memorial Library
Boothbay native Rebecca Short to be new Program Director at Memorial Library
Jack Bauman
The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library welcomes as its new program director, Rebecca F. Short, a native of Boothbay Harbor and a young woman extremely qualified to take over the reins of library program planning from the gifted Diane Dorbin.
Over the past six years, Diane has brought tremendous energy, creativity, and passion to the program director's job. From the "Artist of the Month" program, to Polar Express, the Moxie Youth Players, literary lunches, and, of course, CLICK, the highly original after school program for the region's youth (run in collaboration with the Opera House), the smorgasbord of exciting, constructive, and stimulating activities developed, directed, and publicized by Diane kept the BHML and its ambitious social and educational mission in the regional limelight.
Rebecca Short, or "Reba" as she is known locally, possesses excellent credentials, which suggest that she will very ably build on Diane's rich legacy. A graduate of Boothbay Region High School where she absorbed a live-long love for acting, Reba studied theater arts at Mount Holyoke College, and upon earning her bachelor's degree, worked in theater programs in both Brunswick and Portland. In 2004 she enlisted in the United States Peace Corps and was sent to Morocco. Reba was sent to a small village in the south of the country where she taught English as a second language, learned to speak Moroccan Arabic, fit in beautifully with the villagers, and effectively used her theater knowledge and experience for the purpose of youth and community development. Reba believes that her Peace Corps work provided invaluable training and that her knowledge and experience in community development, together with her theater training, will be very helpful as she carries out her new responsibilities as Program Director for the BHML. She plans to continue her theater work with children and adults while working for the library. The trustees believe that like Diane, Reba will be a wonderful asset to both the library and the community.
Reba will be on board beginning April 3 and will assume the directorship when Diane departs toward the end of April. Stop by the library and welcome Reba!
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